Saturday, June 09, 2012

Parker McLeod: Alabama picks up Georgia QB | AJC College Sports Recruiting - Michael Carvell - Alabama coach Nick Saban finally landed one of Georgia’s top 2013 quarterbacks. Parker McLeod, a 6-foot-3, 185-pounder from Walton High School, committed to Alabama on Wednesday and finally went public with it on Friday. He had 10 offers, with Oklahoma State as his second favorite. - “Alabama was my dream school all along,” McLeod said. “I got a firm offer from them on Wednesday and I committed on the spot. They wanted me to wait a little bit, or until Friday, until I went public with it.”

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http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/06/08/parker-mcleod-alabama-picks-up-georgia-qb/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting


Texas highway could become the first U.S. road to have 85mph speed limit | Mail Online - A 41-mile stretch of highway under construction in Texas could be the first U.S. road to have an 85 mile per hour speed limit, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Texas State Highway 130 will run between between Austin and Seguin, a town just east of San Antonio, with the aim of taking traffic loads off of Interstate 35.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156417/Texas-highway-U-S-road-85mph-speed-limit.html


LeBron James: Game 7 celebration or bust? – USATODAY.com


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/story/2012-06-09/LeBron-James-legacy-Miami-Heat/55479642/1


Bad Week Aside, Female Voters Still Love Obama More Than Romney - The Daily Beast / Kirsten Powers - “One of the things we saw among independents is they see the Republican Party as much more extreme as they used to,” said Erickson of Third Way’s polling. “To the extent Obama can link Romney to congressional Republicans, those independent women will be with Obama. Romney needs to distance himself from some of the things that make the GOP seem so extreme” if he wants to win over these voters


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/bad-week-aside-female-voters-still-love.html


Cost to lunch with Warren Buffett: $3.5 million – USATODAY.com - The annual auction for a private lunch with the Nebraska billionaire closed following a flurry of activity in the final hours. In the end, the highest bid was a record-breaking $3,456,789. The auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which helps the homeless in San Francisco. Buffett has raised more than $11.5 million for the group in 13 past auctions. The event provides a significant portion of Glide's roughly $17 million annual budget that pays for social services to the poor and homeless.

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The 30 Most Popular Passwords Stolen From LinkedIn [INFOGRAPHIC] - Mashable


http://mashable.com/2012/06/08/linkedin-stolen-passwords-list/?WT.mc_id=en_social-media&utm_campaign=Social%2BMedia&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter


The many rumors surrounding Apple's keynote at WWDC - LATimes.com - Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco is just around the corner, with the keynote session Monday morning, and we could be in for quite a few announcements.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/many-rumors-surrounding-apples-keynote.html


Smoltz pitched way to greatness as part of dominant trio  | ajc.com - Steve Hummer


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/smoltz-pitched-way-to-greatness-as-part.html


Smoltz’s greatness with Braves doesn’t have to be over | Jeff Schultz - AJC


http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2012/06/08/john-smoltzs-greatness-with-braves-doesnt-have-to-be-over/


Police: Creflo Dollar choked, slapped daughter  | ajc.com - Even before controversial megachurch pastor Creflo A. Dollar Jr. released a statement Friday denying he assaulted his 15-year-old daughter, the College Park minister's legion of supporters rushed to his defense.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/police-creflo-dollar-choked-slapped.html


Braves give John Smoltz team's highest honor - Inducted into club's Hall of Fame, has No. 29 retired in ceremony. - Braves.com /Mark Bowman -- Cox, Maddux, Brian McCann and even Smoltz's close friend, comedian Jeff Foxworthy, took time during the luncheon to celebrate Smoltz's accomplishments and contributions. - "John, I just want to tell you it was an honor to be your manager and you gave your all to the game of baseball and also you gave your all to the community and the city of Atlanta," said Cox, who acquired Smoltz from the Tigers while serving as the Braves' general manager in 1987 and then served as the accomplished pitcher's manager in Atlanta from 1990-2008.


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http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120608&content_id=32967700&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl